Controller Calculating Machine Component
Controller Calculating Machine Component
- Description
- This object was collected by Brooklyn high school teacher and historian of mathematics L. Leland Locke and held by the Museums of the Peaceful Arts in New York City before coming to the Smithsonian. The component consists of a frame supporting a shaft with ten gear wheels, a more complex mechanism, and a gear wheel that links to a crank with a black wooden handle. At the top of the more complex mechanism is a cam-shaped piece marked "Add." and "Mult."
- Compare to 311948.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- calculating machine component
- maker
- Controller Company
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- ferrous metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13.7 cm x 29 cm x 8 cm; 5 13/32 in x 11 13/32 in x 3 5/32 in
- ID Number
- 1983.3003.003
- nonaccession number
- 1983.3003
- catalog number
- 1983.3003.003
- Credit Line
- Gift of L. Leland Locke
- subject
- Mathematics
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Calculating Machines
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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